Text Button: On Screen Formatting

1 Place a text button on the CimEdit screen.
2 Quickly edit the text button.

Place a text button the CimEdit screen.

  1. Click Button in the Drawing>Text group on the CimEdit Ribbon bar.
  1. Click the CimEdit screen to place the text button.

Result: A button is placed on the CimEdit screen; the word Button displays on the button in Edit mode.

Note: The button style when the button is placed on the screen depends on what is selected in the Global Configuration dialog box.

Quickly edit the text.

Note: The button object size can be quickly increased or decreased the same as any object.

You can quickly change the text and text format on the button, as follows.

A Text content.
B Font group options.
A Text Content

The text content can be edited on screen.

  1. Type the text you want to display.
  2. (To go to a new line) Press Enter.
  3. (If your typing needs to be changed) do any of the following.
  • Press the Backspace key to delete text; resume typing.
  • Highlight a portion of the text; resume typing.
B Font Group Options

Select any of the options in the Format>Font group.

Font selections include the following.

1 Type.
2 Size (in points) Note: As the cursor moves over the sizes in the dropdown Size list, the text on the screen changes to the corresponding size.
3 Style.
4 Size increase/decrease.
When you click the button:  
Decrease Font Size  
Increase Font Size